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"That is all right, then," cried Anne; "for we had a dispute whether
he were young or old, and I remember mamma saying he had a look
about him as if his hair might have turned white in a single night."
"Julius! Now won't you believe?" cried Rosamond.
"Had he a Scotch accent?" said Julius.
"No; I recollect papa's telling him he never should have guessed him
to be a Scot by his tongue; and he said he must confess that he had
never seen Scotland."
"Now, Julius!" pleaded Rosamond, with clasped hands, as if Jenny's
fate hung on his opinion.
"How long ago was this?" asked he.
"Four years," said Anne, with a little consideration. "He came both
in going and returning, and Alick was wild to join him if he ever
passed our way again. My father liked him so much that he was
almost ready to consent; but he never came again. Ivory hunters go
more from Natal now."
"You will trace him! There's a dear Anne!" exclaimed Rosamond.
"I will write to them at home; Alick knows a good many hunters, and
could put Miles into the way of making inquiries, if he touches at
Natal on his way home.


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